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Archaeochrysa creedei

Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae

Taxonomy
Palaeochrysa creedei was named by Carpenter (1935). Its type specimen is MCZ 4316ab, an exoskeleton (extremely well preserved body and wings), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Creede (Michigan collection), which is in an Oligocene crater lake shale in the Creede Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Archaeochrysa.

It was recombined as Archaeochrysa creedei by Adams (1967).

Entered
by J. Karr (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2011-12-13; modified by J. Karr on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Palaeochrysa creedei Carpenter p. 265 fig. 3
1938Palaeochrysa creedei Carpenter p. 108
1967Archaeochrysa creedei Adams p. 230 fig. 41,46,47

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
—Metaxyneuroptera
—Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
—Euneuroptera
—Neoneuroptera
superfamilyHemerobioidea
familyChrysopidaeSchneider 1851
subfamilyNothochrysinaeNavas 1910
genusArchaeochrysa
speciescreedei()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Archaeochrysa creedei Carpenter 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Colorado) Palaeochrysa creedei (type locality: 121978) Palaeochrysa stricta (121977)